Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota Wild Prediction NHL Picks 11/29/24

The Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild meet Friday in NHL action at the Xcel Energy Center. Here’s a Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota Wild Prediction. This article will include a Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota Wild Prediction Pick.

Chicago Blackhawks Betting Preview

The Chicago Blackhawks lost to the Flyers, beat the Stars, and they play the Blue Jackets, Maple Leafs, and Bruins next. The Chicago Blackhawks are averaging 2.5 goals per game and are scoring 21.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Ryan Donato leads Chicago with 8 goals, Connor Bedard has 12 assists and Taylor Hall has 45 shots on goal. Defensively, the Chicago Blackhawks are allowing 2.95 goals per game and are killing 78.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Petr Mrazek has given up 42 goals on 479 shots faced, and Arvid Soderblom has allowed 14 goals on 190 shots.

Minnesota Wild Betting Preview

The Minnesota Wild lost to the Jets, beat the Sabres, and they play the Predators, Canucks, and Ducks next. The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.23 goals per game and are scoring on 19.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 14 goals, Marco Rossi has 11 assists and Matt Boldy has 78 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 2.36 goals per game and are killing 74.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Filip Gustavsson has allowed 35 goals on 493 shots faced, and Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 14 goals on 146 shots.

Why the Minnesota Wild will win

• The Blackhawks have lost 19 of their last 20 road games following a win.
• The Wild have won each of their last six home games against the Blackhawks.
• The Blackhawks have failed to cover the puck line in seven of their last eight day games against Central Division opponents.
• The favorites have covered the puck line in each of the last four games between the Blackhawks and Wild at Xcel Energy Center.
• The Wild have won the third period in six of their last seven games as favorites against Central Division opponents.

Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota Wild Prediction

The Chicago Blackhawks just beat the Wild as big underdogs a couple of weeks ago, so there’s value in the big price. The problem is, the Wild have won 9 of the last 10 games against the Blackhawks overall, and they’re comfortably the better team overall. The Chicago Blackhawks just don’t have the offensive horses to scare quality teams, and they’ve scored 2 or fewer goals in 9 of the last 10 games against the Wild. I have to side with the Wild, and I’ll lay the PL to have the juice.